I agree that the content of Greta’s talk—which is actually derived substantially from two terrific blog posts, the magisterial “Atheists and Anger” and the nearly-as-good “The Armor of God“—is outstanding. As a writer and rhetoritician, Greta is clearly one of the top x advocates we outspoken atheists have, where x is a very small whole number.
On Greta’s own thread putting up this video, though, I was the lone commenter who thought her presentation skills could better match up to the superlative quality of her material. Am I the only one who sees it that way?
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I had never seen Greta speak before – I am awestruck at this video. And very pleased to have her out saying things I wish I had the ability to say…
I agree that the content of Greta’s talk—which is actually derived substantially from two terrific blog posts, the magisterial “Atheists and Anger” and the nearly-as-good “The Armor of God“—is outstanding. As a writer and rhetoritician, Greta is clearly one of the top x advocates we outspoken atheists have, where x is a very small whole number.
On Greta’s own thread putting up this video, though, I was the lone commenter who thought her presentation skills could better match up to the superlative quality of her material. Am I the only one who sees it that way?